CRose_RNY

It's been 11 long months and... I got my letter from insurance today! I'm so excited and nervous but I have been waiting for so long. Now that it's real and going to happen a little over two weeks OMG YAY! I have watched hundreds of videos, read even more blogs/posts and now I feel like I need to get everything this week... So with that being said, I could use some guidance... Let me know what you took to the hospital or how you prepared yourself after finding out you got approved (or just anything you think would be helpful)

So my coordinator sent out my file for the insurance approval and throughout this entire process I was absolutely sure I wanted the Bypass but now that it’s become real and surgery is in the next month or so, I’m not so confident in my decision. My surgeon suggested RNY before I had any testing done to see if I had any health conditions and I took his recommendation in without question. After testing the conditions were PCOS and I’m Pre-Diabetic. I’ve only met one person with RNY and later met plenty of Sleevers that we’re around my age, my size and had the same conditions. I just feel like I made a very quick decision because I focused more on what time friend had and how he lost the weight (didn’t meet the sleeve friends yet)... I kept a closed mind on VSG. I’m not even sure if I can change the procedure after insurance approves it and I havent spoke to my surgeon since May and me sure he’ll suggest RNY again. I trust my surgeon, I just don’t feel comfortable with the RNY procedure anymore. Help please!!

Same insurance here and was told no monthly work ups. I immediately started questioning it... I know there are different plans and all but I've read plenty of forums with the same insurance in my state and they ranged from 3-6 months so I think its possible that you might just only need 4 months. In my case, I went ahead and called the insurance after a 30 min wait but of course, no straight answer. So what my program is going to do is send all the paperwork to insurance for the approval process and then we'll "find out". Which is stressing me out because I don't want to waste time waiting for an approval just to be told that I needed the 6 months of work up. I just left my appt with the Dietitian and she recommended that I start the monthly work ups with the nurse without waiting for insurance approval so that way I atleast have 2 months or so down and if I get approved anyways I would have just added another supporter within my program. I have some blood work to do then a wait game for insurance approval

Sooo I've decided to go through with weight loss surgery and hope to join you all on the journey! I meet with my surgeon tomorrow and I have no idea what to expect. This will be my very first appointment so I believe he's going to just give me the options and go over more of the basic things. (Seminar is the in on the 15th & PCP is seeing me on the 30th) I feel like I'm doing things backwards lol. I've done research for so long so I do know that my insurance covers the surgery and will be requiring a 6 mo supervised diet He'll probably be going over that too, then after I hope to get most, if not all, appointments in between. My ultimate fear is that my insurance denies me. Since I am at a BMI of 40 and have 6 months of diet, I feel that I will drop under 40 and with no comorbidities (that i know of yet) I will not get the surgery. I've done everything I can at this point regarding weight loss and at 21, I have only gained more after all the dieting I have done since Highschool. I'm the heaviest I have ever been and I notice the change in my breathing, I can't stand for long periods of time, and my menstrual cycle comes and goes away for months (no bc) My health is only worsening which is why I'm choosing to go through with this. Love to hear any advice, expectations and/or your experiences... -Cori